Without general t.p.; title supplied from Goff.
Colophon, part II (leaf N5v): Finisse gli sonetti di Misser Francescho Petrarcha coreti & castigati per me Hieronymo Centone Paduano Impressi in Venetia per Piero Veroneso nel M. CCCCLXXXX. a di. xxii. de Aprilo Regnante lo Inclito & glorioso principe Augustino Barbadico.
Printed in types 6:109R and 7:80R.
Signatures, part I: aa⁸ a-q⁸; part II: A-M⁸ N⁶: 238 leaves, leaves aa1 and N6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Consists of Petrarca's Trionfi and Rime issued in two companion volumes by Piero de Piasi. The Trionfi (pt. 1) contains the commentary by Bernardo Lapini; The Rime (pt. 2) contains the commentary of Francesco Filelfo, continued by Girolamo Squarciafico and revised by Girolamo Centone.
Caption of prologue to the Trionfi (leaf aa6v) reads: Prologus. Ad illustrissimum Mutinae Ducem diuum Borsium Estensem Bernardi Ilicini medicinae: ac philosophiae discipuli in triumphorum clarissimi poetae Francisci Petrarchae expositio incipit.
Incipit of the Rime (leaf A2) reads: Incominciano li sonetti co[n] ca[n]zoni dello egregio poeta Misser Fra[n]cescho Petrarcha co[n] la i[n]terpretatio[n]e dello eximio & excelle[n]te poeta misser Fra[n]cescho Philelpho allo i[n]uictissi[m]o Philippo Maria duca di mila[n]o.
Errors in foliation: part I, leaf [8] (aa8) numbered 3; leaf 1 (a1) numbered 4; leaf number 93 (M5) omitted in sequence.
This edition has an alphabetical index of subjects in each part, with references to the folio and marginal letter. These indexes are reprinted, with slight variations, in all the later folio editions, down to 1515.
Printed guide letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.2 x 19.5 cm., trimmed.
PML copy missing 2 leaves: aa1 and N6 (blanks).
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: Minimal contemporary annotations throughout text but all bleached/illegible.